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      <img src="../logo.svg" class="logo" alt=""><h1>get FIPS for a county based on part of the countyname and state abbrev</h1>
      <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://github.com/USEPA/EJAM/blob/HEAD/R/FIPS_FUNCTIONS.R" class="external-link"><code>R/FIPS_FUNCTIONS.R</code></a></small>
      <div class="d-none name"><code>fips_counties_from_countyname.Rd</code></div>
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    <p>get FIPS for a county based on part of the countyname and state abbrev</p>
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    <h2 id="ref-usage">Usage<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-usage"></a></h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span><span class="fu">fips_counties_from_countyname</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">countyname_start</span>, ST <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">NULL</span>, exact <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
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    <h2 id="arguments">Arguments<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arguments"></a></h2>


<dl><dt id="arg-countyname-start">countyname_start<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-countyname-start"></a></dt>
<dd><p>first few letters of countyname to look for via grep("^x", )
like "Johnson" or "Johnson County". Ignores case.</p></dd>


<dt id="arg-st">ST<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-st"></a></dt>
<dd><p>two letter abbreviation of State, such as "TX" – Can only be
omitted if the 1st parameter has the full name and ST like
"Harris County, TX". Ignores case.</p></dd>


<dt id="arg-exact">exact<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-exact"></a></dt>
<dd><p>TRUE requireS exact matches, FALSE to allow partial matches
which here means first few letters match (it is not using grep), and
in which case outputs might differ from inputs in length and not be 1-to-1</p></dd>

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    <h2 id="value">Value<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#value"></a></h2>
    <p>the county FIPS (5 digits long with leading zero if needed, as character)
but can return more than one guess per input name!</p>
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    <h2 id="ref-examples">Examples<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#ref-examples"></a></h2>
    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span> <span class="fu"><a href="fips2name.html">fips2name</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="fu">fips_counties_from_countyname</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"Har"</span>, <span class="st">"TX"</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="co"># finds 5 matches</span></span>
<span> <span class="fu">fips_counties_from_countyname</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"Har"</span>,               <span class="st">"TX"</span><span class="op">)</span>    <span class="co"># finds 5  matches</span></span>
<span> <span class="fu">fips_counties_from_countyname</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"Harris"</span>,            <span class="st">"TX"</span><span class="op">)</span>    <span class="co"># finds 2 matches</span></span>
<span> <span class="fu">fips_counties_from_countyname</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"Harris "</span>,           <span class="st">"TX"</span><span class="op">)</span>    <span class="co"># finds 1 match</span></span>
<span> <span class="fu">fips_counties_from_countyname</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"Harris County"</span>,     <span class="st">"TX"</span><span class="op">)</span>    <span class="co"># same</span></span>
<span> <span class="fu">fips_counties_from_countyname</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"harris county, tx"</span>, <span class="st">"TX"</span><span class="op">)</span>    <span class="co"># same</span></span>
<span> <span class="fu">fips_counties_from_countyname</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"Harris County, Texas"</span>, <span class="st">"TX"</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="co"># finds 0 if state spelled out</span></span>
<span> <span class="fu">fips_counties_from_countyname</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"harris county, tx"</span><span class="op">)</span> <span class="co"># can omit ST param like this</span></span>
<span> <span class="fu">fips_counties_from_countyname</span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"Harris County TX"</span><span class="op">)</span>  <span class="co"># needs comma</span></span>
<span> </span></code></pre></div>
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